The fallout from the Tavares vs. Baczynski fight left both teams heated and the coaches ready to come to blows. UFC president Dana White threw fuel on the fire when he broke the news to Liddell that Ortiz had alluded to in an earlier meeting with his fighters: a neck injury and planned surgery had forced him out of the coaches’ season-ending fight.

Ratings should continue to climb next week when that situation is resolved. Former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin, who fights Liddell as a replacement fighter at UFC 115, is expected to join the show as Ortiz’s replacement coach in the episode.

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